Steve, San Diego, California

I am pleased that you enjoyed your visit. Thanks for your generous comments.

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Denise, Auburn, California

Walt Disney never had a chance to sit in Club 33 and watch his guests below in New Orleans Square (as depicted in a well-known piece of artwork), because he died six months before the club was finished. He was very involved in the early planning of the club, and he and his wife, Lilly, …

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Dennis, Ellis, Kansas

In the fall of 1912, Roy O. Disney traveled to the home of his uncle, William Harvey Disney, in Ellis to help with the harvest. Six decades later, I visited the farm and noticed the initials, and when I told Roy about them, he indeed recalled carving them. A few years later, when the building …

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Debra, Sacramento, California

A wave of patriotism swept the nation during World War II, and Walt Disney was one of many caught up in it. He vowed to do what he could to help the war effort, spearheading the production of training and propaganda films by his studio and the designing of military insignia for fighting units. By …

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Walt Disney explaining location of Walt Disney World in Florida

Dominique, Ocala, Florida

Walt Disney and his staff made intensive surveys of Florida, looking for the right amount of available and affordable land, proximity to Interstate Highways, ease of access, etc. It was deemed that area between Ocala and Orlando experienced a significant decline in minimum winter temperature; because cold nights tend to have an adverse effect on …

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Jody, West Des Moines, Iowa

Avonlea, based on the stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery who wrote Anne of Green Gables, aired on Disney Channel from 1990 to 1996. The popular series was about a high-spirited girl, Sara Stanley, who went to Prince Edward Island in Canada to live with relatives. Sarah Polley starred as Sara.

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Chuck, Freehold, New Jersey

I find nothing in the Disney files to confirm the rumor you have heard.

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Colleen, Buffalo, New York

Perhaps he was thinking of the offerings in the old Tomorrowland Terrace, the former name of Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café.  Besides a Space Dog and a steak sandwich, back in the late 1970s guests could order a Moon Burger (a cheeseburger)—95¢; an Orbit Burger (a regular hamburger)—80¢; or a Gemini Burger (double beef patties)—$1.25.

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